Health chiefs have questioned whether Yorkshire ambulances will be able to cope with longer travel times for more patients as a number of services are being shifted to larger centres such as Leeds and York.

Moved by what he has seen in Harrogate town centre, the 92-year-old former co-owner of one of Britain’s biggest menswear chains is hoping to turn the empty premises of what once his family's Harrogate shop into a pop-up hostel for people sleeping rough.

A scheme where Northern rail passengers in Yorkshire are compensated if their train is 15 minutes late should be "what the future looks like" for rail firms across the country, according to the Rail Minister.